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} DISINI'EOTI'NGITA WITNESSES J. J. POWERS. NKI'OR THE DI POSAL OF SEWAGE;

Patented @1115, 1884 INVEN RE l, ,lrarren TATES .Lunts J. rcnvnns, or nnooniazv. Xrnv rent;

DISINFECTtNG-TANK FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE,

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No, 292,046, dated January 15, Appllrutloll filed October 1, IF-FJL (X model) To all whom 2'! ma-37 comic/7L.- e it known that I, JAMEs .'lj.,l: )\\'1ns, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and-11m proved Disinfecting-Tank .l'or ,the l.)isposul ol' Sewage, of which he following isa i'ull, clear, and exact do: ription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved disinfecting-tank for the disposal of sewage in such a manner that no smell. or stench can arise and the subsoil will tank A to tank 1.).

not be pol uted. I

The invention consists in a eombinatiomwith a settling-tank, ot' a disinfecting-tank, and a smaller tank for receiving a ('lisinl'eeting-liquid,which smaller tankis provided with means for automally discharging the disinfecting-1i 1 uid into the disinleetingtank. The l'luidsarc withdrawn from the disiniecting-tank by a siphon, the outerend of which is closed by an automation]lj-elosing valve,and is contained within a smaller tank connected with aseries of absorption or drain tiles, and wit h pipes for conducting off the liquid.

Reference is to he had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in

improved disinl'ectingt-ank is shown.

The sewage is conduct ed into a settling basin or tank, A, througha-pipe, 1%.: open at the top and bottom, and provided with alateral outlet, (1, 'n'qjecting into the disiniecting-tank 1), conducts the sewagedrom the In the upper part of lhetank ])a smalleri ank, l), is contained which is provided with a lever, I provided at its Free end with a float, F, which lever 1* is so arranged that it can open a valve, ("r, in the bottom of the tank E, and pcrmit'the disinfecting-liquid which is contained in the tank E to flow into the liquid containedin the tank I). The lever F and the valve G can be combined tooperate inanywellknowh manner. A siphon, H, has one end in the tank 1) near the bottom of the same,j'and the other end projects into a small box or tank, J, with which a number of tiles, K, are connected, the said tiles being united by loose joints, and being placed a short distance belowthesurl'aee of the ground.

A pipe, 1

at its bottom with an outlet, 0, which can i opened to permit witlnlrawlng the lipid from the tank A in case-solids thnt'havecolleet 11 the bottom otthe tank are to he removed.

The operation is as follows: 'lhe Sewage flows into the tank -1\ through the pipe Ill, and through pipes (T? (Jinto the ta-nkl), the solids and heavy parts accumulating on the bottom of the tank A. hen the tank I) is tilled to about twothirds ol'its height, the jlont 11" willbe l'zllSHl so high that it can open valve t, thus permitl inglhe disinlrcting-liqiiid contained in the tank I) to mix with the scwage'in thet'ank l), and tlnn'clrv the sewage will be thoroughly; disiniectcd. to about two-thirds olits height, thopressure oft-he column ol'watcr in the siphon will be so great that it can ovcrcometho weight-holding the valve fl, against the lower end of the outer shank of Ila-siphon, thereby starting the which alongitudinal scctional elevation of my siphon which continues tosiphohthowateroul; ol' the tank 1) until the same is empty or near];'

The tiles arelaid close enough to the sar t'ace no: t he vegetation to absorb the nutriment. The llui'd contents are removed every one or more days aecor li ng to the capacity oft-he tank, so that the sewage never remains a sufficient time to become mtrid and the intervals be tween the charges at the same time allow a suflicient time for the absorption and assimilation of the fluids bythe rootsinthcsm'round ing earth.

The tank can also be arranged to disclntrgo into a stream, river, &c., as all the solids are removed and the iluids are thoroughly disinfected. r

, Havingthus described m-v invention, what I claim a; new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

l.. The combination, with a settling-tank,of a disiniecting-tank,a tank for containing, a dis ll. the water in the tank 1 rises infecting-liquid, and a series of absorption or I drain tiles for carrying off the liquid sewage from the disinfecting-tank, substantially as l adisinfec herein shown and described, and for the pur- 'poseset forth.

2. The comb 5 a disinfecting-tmik,of atank for-receiving disv 4 for autom inatio11,with asettling tank: and 3 infecting-liquid, and provided with means for ing valve automatically discharging the disinfecting-liqof the sip A nid, asiphon for conducting the liquids from the disinfecting -t:n1k, a tank into which the 10 free end of the siphon discharges, and tiles connected with the 1ast-1nentioned tank, sub l stantiallvas herein shown and deserihed, and

for-the fiu'rpose set forth, h a settlingtank and l Witnesses:

T e coini inat ons it infecting ting-tank, of a tank containing a disz 5 liquid, and provided with devicesatically disehargingthe disinfectingliquid, 21, siphon for conducting the liquid out of the disinfecting-tunl:,an automatically-closat the lower end of the outer shank hon, and atank into which the outer end of the siphon projects, substantially as herein shownand described, and for the'purp086, set forth;

JAMES J. POWERS.

OSCAR F. Guxz, C. SEDGWICK. 

